Parentage

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Parentage \Par"ent*age\ (p[^a]r"ent*[asl]j; 277), n. [Cf. F.
     parentage relationship.]
     Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors
     considered with respect to their rank or character;
     extraction; birth; as, a man of noble parentage. "Wilt thou
     deny thy parentage?" --Shak.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           Though men esteem thee low of parentage. --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  parentage
       n 1: the state of being a parent; "to everyone's surprise,
            parenthood reformed the man" [syn: {parenthood}]
       2: the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents [syn: {birth}]
       3: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has
          been warriors" [syn: {lineage}, {line}, {line of descent},
           {descent}, {bloodline}, {blood line}, {blood}, {pedigree},
           {ancestry}, {origin}, {stemma}, {stock}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "parentage":
     ancestry, birth, bloodline, descent, extraction, family,
     grandfatherhood, grandmotherhood, grandparentage, heritage, line,
     lineage, origin, parenthood, pedigree, progenitorship, roots,
     stock, strain
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PARENTAGE. Kindred. Vide 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1955; Branch; Line.